Rochdale super fan who left his estate to the Dale

[unsworth blue]

Lovely to hear of that story about David Clough a diehard Daley who has passed away and as bequeathed his estate (£0.25million?) to our neighbours, I hear they are planning a number of projects in his memory including a statue so he can still be there. 

 

Lovely touch from him and them, nice story in a cynical world  

[underdog]

Trust is looking into something similar. Leave a legacy. Norwich Trust has them.

 

I think its  bronze statue of him in his seat. I think this is great and bless him

[oafcmetty]

10 hours ago, underdog said:

Trust is looking into something similar. Leave a legacy. Norwich Trust has them.

 

I think its  bronze statue of him in his seat. I think this is great and bless him

Not being funny but if I left a load of money to the club, and they spunked it on a statue of me, I'd be pissed off (from beyond the grave, obviously).

[rudemedic]

8 hours ago, oafcmetty said:

Not being funny but if I left a load of money to the club, and they spunked it on a statue of me, I'd be pissed off (from beyond the grave, obviously).

I think they are using most of the money to fund a scoreboard, probably one of those video ones. 

[Dave_Og]

Find it a little sad really that someone has no humans close enough to leave the money to. 

[Bobledgersheart]

24 minutes ago, Dave_Og said:

Find it a little sad really that someone has no humans close enough to leave the money to. 

He's probably had more pleasure following the Dale than he's got from his family.

 

I don't really get this scrimping and saving to leave it to relatives, just give it to something you really love.

[oafc 123]

23 minutes ago, Bobledgersheart said:

He's probably had more pleasure following the Dale than he's got from his family.

 

I don't really get this scrimping and saving to leave it to relatives, just give it to something you really love.

Would you trust Latics with your life savings??

[oafc 123]

56 minutes ago, Bobledgersheart said:

He's probably had more pleasure following the Dale than he's got from his family.

 

I don't really get this scrimping and saving to leave it to relatives, just give it to something you really love.

It still sounds sad when you word it like that

[TheBigDog]

1 hour ago, Bobledgersheart said:

He's probably had more pleasure following the Dale than he's got from his family.

 

I don't really get this scrimping and saving to leave it to relatives, just give it to something you really love.

 

I really love my daughters.

[Lee Sinnott2]

16 hours ago, Bobledgersheart said:

He's probably had more pleasure following the Dale than he's got from his family.

 

That's even worse...

[Dave_Og]

16 hours ago, Bobledgersheart said:

He's probably had more pleasure following the Dale than he's got from his family.

 

 

His family must have set a low bar

[Bobledgersheart]

1 hour ago, Dave_Og said:

 

His family must have set a low bar

 

1 hour ago, Lee Sinnott2 said:

That's even worse...

 

16 hours ago, TheBigDog said:

 

I really love my daughters.

Yes perhaps you're right and he was just a sad old man who had nobody to leave his wealth to !!

[kowenicki]

9 minutes ago, Bobledgersheart said:

 

 

Yes perhaps you're right and he was just a sad old man who had nobody to leave his wealth to !!

Or he was a really happy man, loved his club and had some horrible scummy relatives. 

[JohnnyPimp]

1 hour ago, Bobledgersheart said:

 

 

Yes perhaps you're right and he was just a sad old man who had nobody to leave his wealth to !!

 

1 hour ago, kowenicki said:

Or he was a really happy man, loved his club and had some horrible scummy relatives. 

Or he was duped into changing his will by Desmond the Dragon? The bastard.

[singe]

I'm struggling to imagine anyone saying they love Latics more than their family at the moment, that would be really tragic.

[League one forever]

22 hours ago, oafc 123 said:

Would you trust Latics with your life savings??

Imagine you hit retirement and have always planned to leave Latics your estate. . then ALMO show up. 
 

Manchester dogs home it is. 

[oafc 123]

5 hours ago, kowenicki said:

Or he was a really happy man, loved his club and had some horrible scummy relatives. 

I find that hard to believe. Who the fuck could be really happy under them circumstances?? 

[Monty Burns]

Who said he was happy?

[oafc 123]

16 hours ago, Monty Burns said:

Who said he was happy?

Kowenicki talking shit as usual

[Rochdale Supporter]

A Rochdale fan here in peace. You may have read the story about a supporter of ours who passed away recently and left all his money to the club. If not, this is an excellent article by The Times Matt Dickenson:

 

David Clough adored Rochdale – now they will immortalise him in bronze.

The lifelong fan raised £400,000 for the club and left them his entire estate last year – to be spent on the supporters, not a new striker

According to those who knew David Clough, the idea of a bronze statue immortalising him in his flat cap and thick glasses would have horrified a modest man. He was the last to seek recognition

Salt of the earth? Clough was the very definition of the phrase as he cycled home from work at the local bakery and, most familiarly, did his rounds selling scratchcards and collecting weekly draw tickets for his beloved Rochdale AFC.

“David collected money for the club virtually every waking hour, supported by his dearly loved wife, Dorothy, who took care of the paperwork, and counted t’brass,” the club noted of their most devoted supporter. “Many fans will remember seeing him on the streets of Littleborough on his bike, completely wet through, dutifully collecting 50p here and there for his beloved club, with a smile and a profanity.”

Without the likes of Clough, lower league football clubs would wither. He was a real-life version of Gordon Ottershaw in Ripping Yarns; obsessed by Barnstoneworth United, even after six years without a win; teaching his son (first name Barnstoneworth, middle name United) to recite the great teams off by heart; hurling pot plants through the window in despair at another loss.

Clough was a lifelong Dale fan who witnessed the club’s only three promotions, from their first in 1969, living on the same street as record scorer Reg Jenkins. He took up helping with the Goldbond cash draw and scratchcards, selling hundreds of them weekly and dutifully amassing the coins from his collection rounds.

He could not drive so everything had to be done by bike, which he carried out, unfailingly in all weathers, for almost 30 years. By the time Clough died last June, aged 78, it was estimated that he had single-handedly raised more than £400,000 for Rochdale. Pretty astonishing, but there was more.

Clough and his wife had not been able to have children — “they fostered, which tells you what sort of people they were,” Richard Wild, a close friend, explains — so he left his entire estate to Rochdale. Almost £250,000, it turned out.

Wild, a Championship assistant referee who befriended Clough when he was also working on the club’s fundraising, is one of the executors of his will. He was by Clough’s side when he passed away in a nursing home.

“David said that he didn’t want the money going on a centre forward who would disappear after a couple of years,” Wild says. “He wanted it spent on something to benefit the fans, something he would always be able to look down on and see.”

A new electronic scoreboard at Spotland Stadium, now the Crown Oil Arena, is already in the planning and there are discussions about other ways to upgrade supporters’ facilities that are hard to maintain at a League One club badly hit by the pandemic. Clough’s devotion and generosity will make a lasting difference.

Then came the idea for a statue. Another fan, Mark Cryer, who never met Clough, heard about the bequeathal and thought it was only appropriate to mark Clough’s loyalty.

The notion of a statue was taken from Valencia, who commissioned a lifelike bronze of Vicente Navarro Aparicio and erected it in the fan’s seat at the Mestalla. Aparicio had continued to watch matches despite losing his sight, and there are plenty of parallels with Clough.

One of his last games supporting his beloved Dale was an emotional afternoon in May 2018 when they were saved from relegation by Joe Thompson, who had twice recovered from cancer and then scored the winning goal. Clough was at the match in a wheelchair, blind after a stroke.

“We were commentating for him, screaming our heads off when Joe Thompson scored that goal to save us,” Wild says. “At the final whistle, knowing we were safe, David burst into tears.” He would enjoy one more game, a home win over Accrington Stanley, before passing away.

An initial target of £2,500 to build a statue was quickly passed — a decent version will cost several times that — and the total is climbing towards £6,000, helped by donations from fans of other clubs who have been touched by Clough’s story.

The statue will sit in Clough’s seat in the main stand, where he enjoyed his passion of supporting the Dale through thick and thin. “Hopefully it will be just as he was, with his flat cap and those thick glasses,” Wild says. “He won’t mind me saying he was a quirky looking chap but he was the most wonderful, down-to-earth man you could meet.

“He would have hated all this attention, not his style at all, but it’s great that fans not just from Rochdale but other clubs think he is worthy of this recognition. The world would be a much better place if there were more David Cloughs. We miss him dearly. He would have been 79 on Thursday.” His voice cracks a little as he says it.

To donate visit www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/davidclough
 

We would dearly love all football fans to hear such a heart warming story, and if they feel inclined, make a donation to the statue we want to place on his seat.

[oafc 123]

Being from Littleborough, I know from reading that article who you are talking about.   I'm sure he use to collect money from my parents for the cash draw.

 

RIP. What a great servant to RAFC he was.

 

[unsworth blue]

4 hours ago, Rochdale Supporter said:

A Rochdale fan here in peace. You may have read the story about a supporter of ours who passed away recently and left all his money to the club. If not, this is an excellent article by The Times Matt Dickenson:

 

David Clough adored Rochdale – now they will immortalise him in bronze.

The lifelong fan raised £400,000 for the club and left them his entire estate last year – to be spent on the supporters, not a new striker

According to those who knew David Clough, the idea of a bronze statue immortalising him in his flat cap and thick glasses would have horrified a modest man. He was the last to seek recognition

Salt of the earth? Clough was the very definition of the phrase as he cycled home from work at the local bakery and, most familiarly, did his rounds selling scratchcards and collecting weekly draw tickets for his beloved Rochdale AFC.

“David collected money for the club virtually every waking hour, supported by his dearly loved wife, Dorothy, who took care of the paperwork, and counted t’brass,” the club noted of their most devoted supporter. “Many fans will remember seeing him on the streets of Littleborough on his bike, completely wet through, dutifully collecting 50p here and there for his beloved club, with a smile and a profanity.”

Without the likes of Clough, lower league football clubs would wither. He was a real-life version of Gordon Ottershaw in Ripping Yarns; obsessed by Barnstoneworth United, even after six years without a win; teaching his son (first name Barnstoneworth, middle name United) to recite the great teams off by heart; hurling pot plants through the window in despair at another loss.

Clough was a lifelong Dale fan who witnessed the club’s only three promotions, from their first in 1969, living on the same street as record scorer Reg Jenkins. He took up helping with the Goldbond cash draw and scratchcards, selling hundreds of them weekly and dutifully amassing the coins from his collection rounds.

He could not drive so everything had to be done by bike, which he carried out, unfailingly in all weathers, for almost 30 years. By the time Clough died last June, aged 78, it was estimated that he had single-handedly raised more than £400,000 for Rochdale. Pretty astonishing, but there was more.

Clough and his wife had not been able to have children — “they fostered, which tells you what sort of people they were,” Richard Wild, a close friend, explains — so he left his entire estate to Rochdale. Almost £250,000, it turned out.

Wild, a Championship assistant referee who befriended Clough when he was also working on the club’s fundraising, is one of the executors of his will. He was by Clough’s side when he passed away in a nursing home.

“David said that he didn’t want the money going on a centre forward who would disappear after a couple of years,” Wild says. “He wanted it spent on something to benefit the fans, something he would always be able to look down on and see.”

A new electronic scoreboard at Spotland Stadium, now the Crown Oil Arena, is already in the planning and there are discussions about other ways to upgrade supporters’ facilities that are hard to maintain at a League One club badly hit by the pandemic. Clough’s devotion and generosity will make a lasting difference.

Then came the idea for a statue. Another fan, Mark Cryer, who never met Clough, heard about the bequeathal and thought it was only appropriate to mark Clough’s loyalty.

The notion of a statue was taken from Valencia, who commissioned a lifelike bronze of Vicente Navarro Aparicio and erected it in the fan’s seat at the Mestalla. Aparicio had continued to watch matches despite losing his sight, and there are plenty of parallels with Clough.

One of his last games supporting his beloved Dale was an emotional afternoon in May 2018 when they were saved from relegation by Joe Thompson, who had twice recovered from cancer and then scored the winning goal. Clough was at the match in a wheelchair, blind after a stroke.

“We were commentating for him, screaming our heads off when Joe Thompson scored that goal to save us,” Wild says. “At the final whistle, knowing we were safe, David burst into tears.” He would enjoy one more game, a home win over Accrington Stanley, before passing away.

An initial target of £2,500 to build a statue was quickly passed — a decent version will cost several times that — and the total is climbing towards £6,000, helped by donations from fans of other clubs who have been touched by Clough’s story.

The statue will sit in Clough’s seat in the main stand, where he enjoyed his passion of supporting the Dale through thick and thin. “Hopefully it will be just as he was, with his flat cap and those thick glasses,” Wild says. “He won’t mind me saying he was a quirky looking chap but he was the most wonderful, down-to-earth man you could meet.

“He would have hated all this attention, not his style at all, but it’s great that fans not just from Rochdale but other clubs think he is worthy of this recognition. The world would be a much better place if there were more David Cloughs. We miss him dearly. He would have been 79 on Thursday.” His voice cracks a little as he says it.

To donate visit www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/davidclough
 

We would dearly love all football fans to hear such a heart warming story, and if they feel inclined, make a donation to the statue we want to place on his seat.

 

without any word of cynicism, clubs like ours need this type of supporter - I hope a fitting tribute to David can be found

 

I am sure Latics will have some similar - i truly hope so

 

Good luck to the Dale, hope we lock horns again in league one soon 

 

Will be contributing to Dave's fund as a mark of respect to a true football fan, albeit not of my team - respects     

[Monty Burns]

'l want it spent on the supporters'

Lets mould a statue

Will it stand up to let people get past or will it just sit there blocking the way and look at you like your in its front room like them knobeads in the George Hill do?

[Worcester Owl]

5 hours ago, Monty Burns said:

'l want it spent on the supporters'

Lets mould a statue

Will it stand up to let people get past or will it just sit there blocking the way and look at you like your in its front room like them knobeads in the George Hill do?

The post from @Rochdale Supporter suggests that the money to make the statue is separate from the gift left by Mr Clough and is being raised via an appeal and donations. 

 

It sounds like a worthy way to commemorate a great fan of the club.

[Monty Burns]

yeah the guy sounds like a proper stalwart. Could maybe do a deal on hospitality and give everyone a one match upgrade over the next few seasons. or sumat.